to the crop, and a renewed interest in its production. By means of these curing 

 houses, it is possible to distribute the crop to the market throughout the winter and 

 spring months in such a way as to protect the price and facilitate the consumption. 



The yield per acre will vary from 150 to 400 bushels and the price to the 

 farmer during the last season varied from $1.00 to $1.75 a bushel, according 

 to whether the crop was thrown on the market immediately after digging, or 

 put in the sweet potato curing house and sold later in the season after the supply 

 diminished and the market advanced. 



Sweet potatoes are a valuable stock feed, but being excessively high in starch 

 and sugar, they, of course, need to be balanced with some protein food for best 

 results. Their market value, however, for human food precludes their ordinary 

 use for live stock. The sweet potato crop very commonly follows the Irish 

 potato crop upon the same land. 



Truck Crops 



The mild climate of Louisiana, especially the country adjacent to New 

 Orleans, with an exceedingly rich soil and abundant rainfall, is particularly 

 suited to the production of winter truck crops. For more than a century, in 

 fact, New Orleans has been the center of an intensive system of truck farming. 

 The Reclaimed Marsh Lands and the Alluvial Lands, with proper drainage, 

 are ideal soils for the truck farmer. 



Cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, kale, mustard, parsley, 

 spinach, turnips, radishes, beets, carrots, onions, garlic, etc., may be grown 

 through the winter months. Two crops a year, one in the spring and one in 

 the fall, may be grown of snap beans, tomatoes, sweet peppers, eggplant, English 

 peas, Irish potatoes, sweet corn, etc. 



The trucking industry, however, is not confined to the environments of 

 the Crescent City, nor to the rich Alluvial and Delta Lands of the State. The 

 commercial production of tomatoes, spring Irish potatoes, cabbage and straw- 

 berries extends well over the State in its varying soil divisions. The vegetable 

 crop for the entire State, for 1918, exclusive of the Irish potato crop and the 

 strawberry crop, amounted to $3,100,000. 



The Bluff Lands, the Uplands, the Pine Hill Lands and the Pine Flats, when 

 properly fertilized, are admirably adapted to the production of truck crops. 

 The profits to the truck grower, or market gardener, in Louisiana are always 

 attractive. Vegetable shipments to be remunerative must be brought on the 

 market at a time when they will not be forced to compete with vegetables grown 

 in the zone to the north of them. 





the^Finest Quality Grownjon Cut-Over Pine Lands- 

 Ready for Shipment in February 



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